Portfolio Learning Outcome Narrative

Your portfolio learning outcome narrative serves as an integrative assessment of your strengths and areas
for growth in the 10 SDA learning outcomes. There are three distinct sections for your narrative:
Strengths, Areas for Growth, and Implications for Professional Practice.
You will create a summary sheet that identifies the following sections for this section:

LEARNING OUTCOME NARRATIVE SUMMARY SHEET

Sub-Areas
(s)
Integrative Theme
Strengths

Integrative Theme
Areas for
Development
Integrative Theme
Implications for
Professional
Practice

Learning
Outcomes

Artifacts

(must address all)

(must use each

at least once)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

SDA
Academic
Content

SDA
Co-Curricular
Content

1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.

You are required to address all 10 learning outcomes in your narrative, with a minimum of 3 LOs
each for your strengths and areas for improvement and 2 LOs max for the implications for professional
practice. Furthermore, you must use each artifact once in your narrative (except for Artifact H2). In
addition, you may elect to use artifacts more than once.
Please note the maximum page limit for each section as noted in each section. We will adhere strictly to
the word count, and your faculty reader will not review documents beyond this requirement.
Each of the three reflective narratives synthesizes your development in your selected learning outcomes
by drawing upon your artifacts. The subareas/guiding questions noted in each narrative section should be
used only as a guide. Please do not use subareas/guiding questions as an outline for your narrative. Rather
each narrative section should adhere to graduate level writing, including:
logical and structured writing, with an introductory paragraph, 2-3 supporting paragraphs,
and ending with a conclusion paragraph
proper use of APA style (in text citations and reference page)
Lastly, use bolded subheadings to identify which learning outcomes & artifacts you are addressing in
each section and sub-area.
EX: Strengths (LO 1, 3, 4, & 7; Artifacts A, C, D, E & F)

REQUIRED NARRATIVE SECTIONS

Strengths (5-6 pages, double-spaced, 1 margins, 12 point Times New Roman)
What are key strengths that you have developed during your time in the SDA program? How has this
shaped your professional identity and practice?
Provide a narrative that identifies an overarching theme, three unique supporting sub-areas that support
your overarching theme, demonstration of your understanding of your selected learning outcomes, and
demonstration of your development of your selected learning outcomes (see demonstrated development in
SDA learning outcomes section below for more details).
Areas for Growth (5-6 pages, double-spaced, 1 margins, 12 point Times New Roman)
What are significant areas of growth (e.g. new knowledge/skills/action, identifying and/or overcoming
key challenges, etc.) during your time in the SDA program? How has this shaped your professional
identity and practice?
Provide a narrative that identifies an overarching theme, three unique supporting sub-areas that support
your overarching theme, demonstration of your understanding of your selected learning outcomes, and
demonstration of your development of your selected learning outcomes (see demonstrated development in
SDA learning outcomes section below for more details).
Implications for Professional Practice (2-3 pages, double-spaced, 1 margins, 12 point Times

New Roman)
Given the strengths and growth areas you have identified, what are the implications for professional
identity and practice you anticipate having in the student development field?
Provide a narrative that identifies an overarching theme, three unique supporting sub-areas that support
your overarching theme, demonstration of your understanding of your selected learning outcomes, and
demonstration of your development of your selected learning outcomes (see demonstrated development in
SDA learning outcomes section below for more details).